Khedira injured his left calf during training on Wednesday morning, stopped training and was forced to go to hospital. In the summer, the 29-year-old midfield stabilizer injured his right calf in a cup match against Astoria Waldorf (4-0) and was out for several weeks.

Forward Sheraldo Becker was missing due to illness, but defender Robin Knoche returned. Central defender Danilo Doehi, who was out for a long time last year due to injury, also completed most of the team’s training. After this, numerous football fans signed autographs.

Union is opting out of training camp this winter. On Saturday (15:30) the Berliners will play a friendly match against third division side Arminia Bielefeld at the An der Alten Försterei stadium. A week later we reach 15th place in the table. then back to Freiburg for points against relegation from the Bundesliga (15:30/Sky). Even after this, the Berliners will have to play away twice: in Mainz and in a catch-up game with Bayern Munich (January 24).
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